Financial Review: Sentage (NASDAQ:SNTG) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR)

Sentage (NASDAQ:SNTG) and Cipher Mining (NASDAQ:CIFR) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Profitability

This table compares Sentage and Cipher Mining’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sentage	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cipher Mining	11.43%	3.41%	2.98%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Sentage and Cipher Mining”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sentage	$146,554.00	43.06	-$1.90 million	N/A	N/A
Cipher Mining	$158.67 million	9.71	-$25.78 million	$0.06	82.83

Sentage has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Cipher Mining.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.1% of Sentage shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by institutional investors. 62.4% of Sentage shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.3% of Cipher Mining shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Volatility and Risk

Sentage has a beta of 2.61, suggesting that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cipher Mining has a beta of 2.25, suggesting that its share price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Sentage and Cipher Mining, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sentage	0	0	0	0	N/A
Cipher Mining	0	0	7	2	3.22

Cipher Mining has a consensus price target of $7.21, suggesting a potential upside of 45.16%. Given Cipher Mining’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cipher Mining is more favorable than Sentage.

Summary

Cipher Mining beats Sentage on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sentage

Sentage Holdings Inc. provides a range of financial services. The company offers consumer loan repayment and collection management, loan recommendation, and prepaid payment network services in China. It also provides consultancy and information technology support services. Sentage Holdings Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is headquartered in Shanghai, the People's Republic of China.

About Cipher Mining

Cipher Mining Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and operation of industrial scale bitcoin mining data centers in the United States. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in New York, New York. Cipher Mining Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Bitfury Holding B.V.